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Alison Krauss and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Alison Krauss smiles as she stands next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams at Carnegie Hall. Claude points at the camera as he smiles. He wears a tuxedo.

Date Published
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and the guitarist smile at each other as the trio performs

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways on stage smiling at a seated white male guitarist who looks up at Claude with a big grin as he plays his...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented a cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, stands and smiles holding his fiddle as an unidentified white woman stands beside him...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with a birthday cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing with the Statesmen of Jazz

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz with Jane Jarvis, seated at the piano on the farthest left...

Date Published
October-12-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing with the Statesmen of Jazz

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz with Jane Jarvis, seated at the piano on the farthest left...

Date Published
October-12-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams listen to an unidentified white female...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with an unidentified white...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on stage with fiddler, Matt Glaser

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands and faces the center of the stage as he plays his fiddle with a fiddler Matt Glaser and a group of unidentified white...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing with a garage band

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The photographer's finger is partially over the lens as the camera caught a photo of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with two other musicians

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends at the knees and smiles as he stands and plays his fiddle with a seated guitarist and a double bass player. The...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams possibly receiving an award

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams folds his hands and smiles as an unidentified white woman stands next to him and reads from a folder she holds in both hands...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits with the audience at an event

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the farthest left side of the photograph. A pink and blue rabbit head wearing a bow tie is a picture...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks as he performs for students

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak into a microphone as an...

Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks as he performs with a string band

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak as an unidentifed white female...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks into the microphone

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African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak as an unidentifed white female...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in Kim Park's garage

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A photograph of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the left, a cooler sits next to an amplifier and Russ Long seated and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams visits the Northeast neighborhood organization

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands holding a plate of food and balancing a beverage on the plate. He stands next to a desk at the Northeast...

Date Published
October-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Five string performers play with Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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A group of five white men and one woman string players join Claude "Fiddler" Williams on stage in a performance. Two fiddler players stand to the left...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Gloria McShann, Claude Williams and two unidentified women

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Claude Williams standing behind Gloria McShann and two other, unidentified, women (one African American, the other white) seated at a table with...

Date Published
February-13-1999
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann with his birthday cake

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Jay McShann with a knife about to cut the cake at a party for his 69th birthday in New York; Alice Betty Rustin, has an arm around his shoulder...

Date Published
January-12-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Statesmen of Jazz pause to listen to the guitarist take the solo

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The other players in an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz pause to listen to the guitarist, Bill Wurtzel, take the solo. Jane Jarvis, is seated at...

Date Published
October-12-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Women, White
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (20)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Color photographs (21)
  • Group portraits (21)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (24)
  • Jazz musicians (24)
  • African American jazz musicians (23)
  • Fiddlers (21)
  • Men, White (16)
  • Jazz musicians, White (15)
  • Double bassists (14)
  • Guitarists (12)
  • Music audiences (6)
  • African American high school students (5)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Birthday cakes (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Birthdays (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bluegrass musicians (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • (-) Women, White (24)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (3)
  • Powell, Benny (3)
  • Wilder, Joe (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Kessler, Stan (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Fleeman, Rod (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Krauss, Alison, 1971- (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Rustin, Alice Betty (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (24)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (9)
  • 2000 (9)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1999-10-12 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 2003-02-11 (2)
  • 1985-01-12 (1)
  • 1999-02-13 (1)
  • 1999-10-16 (1)
  • 2000-01-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2001-04-13 (1)

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